HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-6715

W3 Total Cache vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
19.4%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
pub/sns.php in the W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the SubscribeURL field in SubscriptionConfirmation JSON data.
Affected vendor
Boldgrid
Affected product
W3 Total Cache
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2019-04-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 19.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-6715

  • Confirm whether Boldgrid W3 Total Cache is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-6715.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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